Oregon Synod Still at Work on Missionary Efforts
The Oregon Synod sessions cover Christian life youth work and temperance, with Julia Hatch outlining Woman's North Pacific board missions. Reports praise foreign and home missions, Sabbath school outreach, and Edinburg world missionary conference notes with a royal message from Lord Balfour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Cornelison
Frank R. Tugg
BE. M. Sharp
Portland
A. M. Williams
Henry Marcotte
Wm. Parsons
D. D
Tutullln Indian Church
Commercial Club
Pendleton
Julia Hatch
North Pacific Board of Missions
Synod
H. T. Babcock
Salem
Earnest F. Hall
San Francisco
Board of Foreign Missions
New York
W. §. Seemann
la Grande
J. W. Milligan
Wm. B. Noble
Board of Home Misssions
America
Pacific Coast
Jealousy Tragedy Ends in Fatal Family Shooting
Everett report: Priest Winkley aged 30 shot and killed his wife, wounded her sister Pearl Mayfield, and made three suicide attempts. He was found across his wife's corpse after shootings, poison, and self-inflicted throat slashes. Both survivors likely to die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett
Priest Winkley
Pearl Mayfield
Winkley
Disgraceful Act Marred Meeting Continues Report
Visiting ministers faced an outpouring audience rebuffed as several eggs were thrown during the meeting. One egg struck Rev. William Parsons while John Vert was arrested amid the disturbance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Parsons
John Vert
City Attorney Handles Assault Charge Against John Vert
A complaint sworn at 2 30 this afternoon before City Attorney J R Raley charges John Vert with assault and battery. Rev J C Lininger pastor of the Presbyterian church swore to the complaint and stated he acted at officials urging, not on his own behalf or for other ministers. The case has not yet been tried in police court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R Raley
John Vert
J. C. Lininger
The
Presbyterian Church
Lininger
Ministers clash with crowd after Darrow lecture in Pendleton
A near riot erupted as visiting ministers attempted an outdoor prohibition meeting at Court and Cottonwood as audiences left Clarence Darrow's Oregon Theater talk. Eggs were thrown and Rev. William Parsons of Portland was struck in the eye. The disturbance began around 10 o'clock, with the scene continuing on page eight.
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Pendleton
Court
Cottonwood Streets
Clarence Darrow
Oregon Theater
Willam Parsons
Portland
Darrow
American National Bank
Main
Alta Streets
Oregon
William Parsons
Kananas
International Balloon Meet Aims for Record Flights
St Louis reports final prep for Monday's international balloon race with ten contestants from many nations. Observers expect Wellman to cross the Atlantic in six to seven days if weather stays favorable, though currents may push the dirigible toward Spain or the Arctic. Maj Herzeg noted feasibility, stressing weather as the deciding factor for a safe landing on the far shore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Pauls
Wellman
Atlantic
St. Louis
Spain
Arctic
Milwaukee
Herzeg
Disraeli for Home Rule Claims Stir Irish Meeting
At a Letterkenny gathering Dublin, Mr Swift ONeil asserted that the late Earl of Beaconsfield Disraeli favored home rule though a Tory. He alleged Disraeli privately admired a colonial style Irish constitution akin to New York, Pennsylvania or Ohio, as discussed with Ambassador Pierrepoint in 1877.
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Dublin
Letter Kenny
Swift O'Neil
Earl of
Beaconefield
Benjamin Disraeli
O'Neil
Disraeli
Pierrepoint
Lord Beaconsfield
Ireland
New York State
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Daylight Through Tunnel Opens on O R N Line
Daylight now visible through the Coe tunnel after a 640 foot hole was punched in last evening ending weeks of digging. The tunnel shortens the O R N line by about 4 miles and quarter as rebuilding advances between this city and Yoakim. Two crews worked from opposite ends and met near the eastern end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coe
Yoakim
Exhibit to Chicago shows county crops and photos
Last evening a fine collection of grains grasses and fruits was shipped from this city to Chicago for a Umatilla county exhibit at the International fair. Secretary FitzGerald of the fair board gathered the display and the set of enlarged pictures from the Roundup. The entire collection will be shown in Chicago with all shipping and care expenses covered by the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Umatilla County
FitzGerald
Fair Board
O. R. & N. Company
Aghoss Ocean Aboard Dirigible Makes Trans Atlantic Attempt
The giant airship Aghoss Ocean sails from Atlantic City with eight aboard aiming for a 75 day trans Atlantic passage. Chief engineer determined to complete the epic aerial voyage as wireless buck messages flash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
Hurricane warning to Wellman sailors as hurricane nears
headed for Hurricane New York Oct 15 efforts are under way to warn Well man to work north as the hurricane off Cuba advances rapidly up the coast and may catch him in mid ocean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wellman
Cuba
Atlantic City's Pilot Plan to Cross Atlantic in America Dirigible
Atlantic City reports Walter Wellman pilot engineer Vaniman and six crew launch the giant airship America to cross the Atlantic. The crew carries 75 days of provisions and unsinkable lifeboats with wireless gear. Early wireless messages announce Europe trip underway amid fog and early optimism. backers praise the endeavor as a historic aerial link between continents. A brisk wind carries the gas bag seaward as progress updates come in.
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Atlantic City
Walter Wellman
Vaniman
America
Atlantic Ocean
Wellman
Eld
New World
Europe
Thomas Poller
Joseph Salas
Fire Bugs Set Many Fires in Forests
Denver dispatch reports a large patrol searched Miramonte area for mounted fire bugs who have set numerous fires in forests. Sixty small blazes were started yesterday and several lives were threatened as authorities contend incendiaries are at work, though the suspects remain at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
Miramonte
Canadian Northern Buys Pacific Whaling Co
Victoria Oct 1 The purchase of the entire holdings of the Pacific Whaling company by Colonel A D Davidson and A D McRae for Canadian Northern railway was unofficially made known today. The price is a million dollars to be paid in December. Soon after the company plans to raise capitalization to two million and extend whaling and fishing operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Pacific Whaling Company
A. D. Davidson
A. D. McRae
Canadian Northern Railway
Roosevelt Opens Campaign for Stimson In New York
Theodore Roosevelt arrived in New York on October 15 after touring the South and prepared to launch his campaign for gubernatorial candidate Stimson. He conferred with Republican campaign managers as his first step, and political outlook hinges on Stimson's victory.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
South
Stimson
Roosevelt
German Budget Proposals for 1.6 Million Pounds
Berlin reports the finance minister will submit to the budget committee proposals to raise 1.6 million pounds for half of 1911 old age pensions. The plan includes higher registry duties, a higher succession duty for transfers to an only child, and a move from receipt stamps to a graduated stamp duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Stanley Ketchel Shot In Quarrel At Missouri Ranch
Stanley Ketchel world middleweight champion was shot through the right lung at R. P. Dickinsons Conway Missouri ranch early today after a violent quarrel with a man named Hurd who fled to nearby hills. Ketchel, in critical condition, had been staying at the ranch for a week. doctors and nurses rushed from Conway to aid him. Ketchel began his boxing career in Butte Montana in 1903 at age 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Stanley Ketchell
R. P. Dickinson
Conway
Hurd
Ketchell
Dickinson
Butte, Mont
Smoke Out Fugitive Challenges Leeds Police
London report on a gambling crackdown recounts a fugitive who hid in a neighbor’s house and kept police at bay for four hours. A constable used cayetine pepper with a smoulder to force the door, while the magistrate condemned the police method.
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London
Leeds
French Favor Penny Postage in England Reform
Paris reports French commercial opinion is unanimous in favor of a penny postage with England. The British chamber of commerce in Paris has received resolutions from several French chambers of commerce urging this postal reform.
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Paris
England
Pendleton Officials Denounce Riot at Court Street Meeting
A signed pledge from Pendleton citizens and Greater Oregon Home Rule members condemns last night’s Court Street disturbances tied to a temperance debate with the Anti-saloon League. The statement calls for full, impartial prosecutions and upholds respect for law while urging fair discussion of the issue.
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Pendleton
Court Street
Greater
Oregon
Anti-saloon League
Greater Oregon Home Rule Association
Land grabbers charged in Alaska coal land fraud plot
Tacoma indictments close a long fraud probe linked to Secretary Ballinger era. Lawyers Charles Munday and Geo Simmonds and client Cornelius Christopher face conspiracy charges to defraud the government of Alaska coal lands worth about 100 million dollars. Bail set at 2500 each. warrants out for Algernon Stracey and Archie Shields. Indictments follow grand jury action in Tacoma after Glagis dismissal.
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Alnakua
Alaska
Charles F. Munday
Geo. Simmonds
Cornelius Christopher
Federal Grand Jury
Tacoma
Munday
Simmonds
Danworth
It Ia
Christopher
Stacey
Algernon Stracey
Archie Shields
Hood River to Exhibit at National Apple Show in Spokane
Hood River growers will display extensive exhibits at the third National Apple Show in Spokane November 14 to 19. Highlights include cars of Spitzenburg and Yellow Newtown apples and contests for varieties like Arkansas Black Baldwin Ortley Yellow Newtown and Spitzenburg. Hood River officials will judge the best 10 box Oregon display for a $1000 prize, with backing from the commercial club and Apple Growers Union. Oregon educators will lead a free packing school, and chief judge A P Bateham will award a $100 prize for packing.
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Spokane
Wash
Hood River
Oregon
Spitzenburg
Newtown
Arkansas Black
Baldwin
Ortley
Chicago
First Regiment
A. P. Bateham
J. M. Carroll
Mosier
Taxes on Commerce Raised in Berlin
Taxes on commerce and industry in Berlin rose year by year with increases in some firms exceeding 20 percent and others as much as 50 percent. One company paid a tax equal to 3 percent of its dividend to the government that would have otherwise gone to shareholders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Desperate Blackmailer Shot by Wheeling Police Chief
Wheeling West Virginia October 15 1900 George Johnson a notorious criminal is dead after being shot by Chief of Police Clingenpool during a pursuit He killed George Hinson Fatally wounded Charles Hale and George Lentz and seriously wounded others before taking cover on a cliff The chief located him above and riddled his body ending the chase
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Wheeling
W. Va
George Johnson
Clingenpool
Posse
Johnson
George Hinson
Charles Hale
George Lentz
Also Mentioned on This Page
Oregon Synod
Presbyterian Convention
Mies
Missionary Conference
Ular
Edinburg
Scotland
Ernest F. Hall
Wm. H. Foulkes
Warren H. Landon
Wm. Jennings Bryan
Seth Low
Lord Balfour of
Burleigh
United States
British Empire
Aghoss Ocea
Dirigible
Buck
Canadian Northern
Stanley Ketchel
Quarrel
Missouri
W. J. Clarke
R. BE. Nelson
W. E. Brock
Max Baer
C. J. Mitchell
G. M. Rice
W. L. Thompson
N. D. Swearing
J. H. Raley
G. W. Beddow
J. J. Vaughan
G. Frazter
E. F. McComas
Lot Livermore
Cc. Koeppen
F. E. Livengood
Federal Activities Against
Seattle
Glagis
Ballinger
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